Yusufzai

Yusufzai (died 5 September 1986) was a leader of the Afghan Mujahideen.

Biography
Born to the Pakistani Yusufzai clan, Yusufzai was recruited into the Mujahideen when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s Soviet-Afghan War. Yusufzai resisted the Russians with a small troop of Afghan fighters from Khost, and fought in the 1986 Battle of Khost. In a battle in a small, ruined, village, Yusufzai and his troops fought Soviet infantry and BTR-80 tanks. He was killed by a grenade thrown by Soviet troops.